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For a while I have been following the idea of putting the eggs in a pan and getting the water to a good boil. Pull the pan and let the eggs sit between 7 & 11 minutes to get a soft, medium or hard boiled egg.

This method gets a great tasting and bright yellow yoke with no 'green'. However, peeling the egg is a huge pain in the rear end. Always little pieces that are hard to remove from the egg. Carefully pulling the membrane between the shell and egg doesn't work either.

My old method is to cook the eggs at a boil for 11 to 15 minutes then pull from the heat. Drain and let cool.

The eggs taste good but there is some 'green' around yoke. The eggs peel great, huge chunks at a time and very little messing with the small shell pieces.

I like the eggs better in the first cook but it isn't worth the time to peel.

I haven't found fresh or eggs that have been in the fridge to be much difference in the peeling side of things.

I've never had that problem. I bring the water to a rolling boil first. Then before I add each cold egg, I poke a small hole in the bottom of it using a sewing needle. I leave the eggs in boiling water for 15 minutes. After which, I empty the water and put the eggs under the faucet running cold water for 10 minutes or so--until the eggs are quite cool to touch. Then I smack one side of an egg against the corner of the counter one time and peel. Often they peel in one or two entire pieces.

Interesting Richard... I remember putting some in cold water but I don't remember the peel after doing that. I will have to try that again.

Randy brought up the idea of fresh/old eggs. I have never seen much difference. I don't think I have intentionally wait 10 to 12 days before boiling an egg. I guess it is something I will have to give a try. I need to go look at the box aging code, that will be interesting.

When I poke the hole in the egg it does not leak much at all, but I am sure if you jam the needle deep in there it may, especially if you punctured the yolk. It leaks much more when you crack the egg dropping them in the water.

I generally put the needle in about 1/4 inch, 1/2 inch max.

I have put the hole in the top, as well as the bottom before. It doesn't effect the results, but I find that it is ususally easier to poke the hole on the broader underside than the pointy top.